Analys of the European market of commercial and industrial sites using natural refrigeration equipment
Based on a survey of key OEMs, ATMOsphere estimates that, as of September 2022, there are 55,000 stores with transcritical CO2 systems in Europe, including 50,000 using a centralized system (racks) and 5,000 using condensing units.
In addition, the number of industrial sites with transcritical CO2 in Europe, as of September 2022, is estimated to be 2,000.
The report also estimated there will be 2.9 million hydrocarbon self-contained display cases installed at European stores by the end of 2022, a net increase of about 200,000 cases from June 2021.
In addition, the number of industrial facilities with low-charge ammonia systems as of September 2022 is estimated to be 2,850.
The report also describes the key policy, technology and market trends impacting the European natural refrigerants marketplace.
Each of the three main natural refrigerants is experiencing trends of their own. CO2 is benefitting from aggressive adoption by market leaders in food retail, the implementation of technologies that improve the efficiency of transcritical systems in warm climates, the rise of integrated systems, the use of CO2 in small stores and the adoption of CO2 in industrial refrigeration. Meanwhile hydrocarbon cases are finding a myriad of uses in stores, some of which are implementing them throughout the sales floor, and ammonia is being reinvented in low-charge systems.
ATMOsphere’s analysis of the market size for European commercial and industrial sites using natural refrigeration equipment is contained in its new report, “Natural Refrigerants: State of the Industry, Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration in Europe, 2022 Edition, Part 1.”
The report is available for free here.
In January, ATMOsphere will publish the second part of the 2022 report, covering the markets in North America and Japan.